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THAI.AMIFLORJE. 
2 ce - the length of the petals, spirally twisted, 5-toothed at the 
apex, minutely puberulous, crimson : filaments, where free, re- 
flected : anthers purple; pollenary globules minutely puberu- 
lous. Ovary spherical: style longer than the column, 10-fid at 
the apex: stigmata subcapitate, purple. Carpels 5, united to 
form a globular berried capsule : seeds solitary. 
2. Malvaviscus pilosus. Hairy Malvaviscus. 
Leaves cordate crenated attenuato-acuminate with 
the apex obtuse, branchlets and petioles hairy. 
Achania pilosa, Swartz , FI. Ind. Occ. 1224. — Bot. Cab. 829. 
HAB. Common in the higher mountains. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
A shrub, about 8 feet in height : branches terete, towards 
their extremities stellato-pilose. Leaves ovate, cordate, very 
much attenuated at the apex which is blunt, 3-nerved, une- 
qually crenated, stellato-pnberulous above, stellato-pilose, espe- 
cially along the nerves and villous in their axils, beneath, min- 
utely pellucido-punctulated : petiole bearing the leaf in a pel- 
tate manner, pilose especially above. Stipules nearly an inch 
in length, lineari-subulate. Peduncles axillary, solitary, terete, 
stellato-pilose, 1-flowered. Leaflets of the involucellum 7-9.. 
Two or more of the divisions of the calyx accrete. Petals 
veined, ciliated, scarlet. Column of the filaments much longer 
than the corolla, spirally twisted, 5-toothed at the apex : an- 
thers on reverted filaments. Style longer than the stamens, 
10-fid at the apex: stigmata purple, puberulous. Fruit glo- 
bose, yellow. 
There appears, at first sight, to be a great resemblance be- 
tween these two species: but they are readily distinguished on 
a closer examination. They are also found in very distinct 
localities: the former is a native of our low hills and the damp 
shady situations of our plains : whereas the latter is an inhabi- 
tant of our mountains. The flowers of both are attractive and 
beautiful, and deservedly claim a place in our gardens. 
VI. Hibiscus. 
Calycine involucellum generally many-leaved, rare- 
ly few-leaved or with the leaflets united. Petals in 
this, as well as the succeeding genera, not auriculated. 
Stigmata 5. Carpels united to form a 5 -cel led capsule, 
with the valves longitudinally septiferous from the 
centre : cells many-, rarely one-seeded. 
All the species abound in mucilage, and the bark of such as 
have woody stems, may be manufactured into mats or cordage. 
— The name was that of the Mallow among the Greeks. 
